Black Stone Cherry kick off their European headline tour today by sharing a rip-snorting cover of The Cult’s hit song “American Horse” featuring their tour compadres Ayron Jones and Skillet’s John Cooper.

The track was originally released in 1989, on The Cult’s Sonic Temple album, which landed in the UK official album chart at #3 and went on to be certified platinum in the USA.

Black Stone Cherry enthuse, “We are extremely excited to be coming back to the UK and bringing Ayron Jones and Skillet with us. Talk about a badass package of riff rock! We are pumped to have a single out featuring all three bands, something we have never done before, and we hope it gets people as excited as we are!”

Ayron Jones says, “As an artist I believe it’s my duty to pay tribute to other great artist in my work. That’s why when BSC reached out to me to be on this track by The Cult I jumped at the opportunity. It was insanely fun to work on this tune and help put a spin on this classic. Did you need anything else for the moment?”

Listen here.

The tour begins today, October 29, in Berlin, Germany and calls through Luxembourg, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and the UK, finishing on 23 November in London. Ayron Jones will support them on the entire run with Skillet joining them for the UK leg of shows.

Talking about the tour BLACK STONE CHERRY said, “Our beloved Cherry Heads in Europe, we have seen your comments and read all of your messages which have kept us feelin’ fuzzy since the last time we saw you. With that said, it’s been too damn long, and we can’t wait to come back for a full headline tour in October and November!! We look forward to seeing your faces and hearing your voices! Let’s goo!!”

Tickets are available HERE.

EU/UK tour dates:

Tue 29 Oct – BERLIN Huxleys – Germany

Wed 30 Oct – HAMBURG Grosse Freiheit 36 – Germany

Thu 31 Oct – DRESDEN Reithalle – Germany

Sat 2 Nov – FRANKFURT Batschkapp – Germany

Sun 3 Nov – LUXEMBOURG Rockhal – Luxembourg

Tue 5 Nov – EINDHOVEN Effenaar – The Netherlands

Wed 6 Nov – PARIS Olympia – France

Fri 8 Nov – ZURICH Komplex – Switzerland

Sat 9 Nov – LAUSANNE Docks – Switzerland

Sun 10 Nov – MILAN Alcatraz – Italy

Tue 12 Nov – MUNICH Muffathalle – Germany

Thu 14 Nov – COLOGNE Live Music Hall – Germany

Fri 15 Nov – LEUVEN Depot – Belgium

Sun 17 Nov – CARDIFF Utilita Arena – UK

Mon 18 Nov – BIRMINGHAM Resorts World Arena – UK

Wed 20 Nov – GLASGOW OVO Hydro – UK

Fri 22 Nov – MANCHESTER AO Arena – UK

Sat 23 Nov – LONDON OVO Arena Wembley – UK